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Castilleja attenuata
Also called Valley Tassels, Narrow Leaved Owl's Clover, Narrow Leaved Paintbrush, Narrowleaf Paintbrush
Castilleja attenuata is a native North American annual wildflower, a species of Indian paintbrush, grown mainly for its colourful bracts and value to butterflies. It is a hemiparasite that draws some nutrients from the roots of nearby plants, which makes it hard to cultivate in containers.
Castilleja attenuata is a species of Indian paintbrush, known by the common names valley tassels, attenuate Indian paintbrush, and narrowleaf Owl's-clover. It is native to western North America from British Columbia, through California, to Baja California, where it grows in grasslands and open woodland habitats.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Castilleja attenuata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
